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I've been trying to find a mITX MB that will allow raising the CPU clock multiplier for an i5-2500K. But I don't want to spend $200+ for a gaming motherboard. Anyone know of a board that will work for under $150?

I've been finding out that even though the MB manual states it has that feature, it won't work. I think the manuals are written for the mATX and ATX boards and just adapted to the mITX boards w/o changing that part. I've tried 2 mITX boards (Asrock H77 and Gigabyte B75). Both of their manuals stated that I could change the multiplier, but both won't allow it in actuality.
 

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That's weird. Why do they state it has the ability in their manuals, then? Same with the XMP profile. It shows up in the manual as being in the BIOS, but in reality, it isn't there. Is that an ITX thing or something?
 

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Can't use the XMP profile to get 1600MHZ, 1866MHZ on a ITX Z77, but I can could on my ATX Z68? That doesn't make sense.